Are Animals Religious?
Are humans the only religious species? New research on chimpanzees, elephants, and other animals challenges our assumptions about awe, grief, ritual, and the emotional roots of religion.
Parakeets feeding on barn wall display Amazonian behaviour
A flock of ring-necked parakeets that were filmed feasting on the wall of a 19th Century barn were echoing Amazonian feeding habits, an expert has explained. A video of the…
For Dolphins, Echolocation May Be More like ‘Touching’ Than ‘Seeing’
Dolphins seem to “feel” their way across the sea with narrow, sweeping beams of sonar
Migrating Birds Sing to Team Up with Other Species
Songbirds may socialize across species during nighttime migrations
Animals Expend 76,000 Gigajoules of Energy Sculpting Our Planet Every Year
This tally of animals’ effect on Earth’s geology, equivalent to that of thousands of extreme floods, most likely is an underestimate
Queer Ecology Zine Series: Earthworms
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Bird’s-Eye View
Jennifer Ackerman on How Birds Adapt, Survive, and Think By Mark Leviton
Tales from the Tardigay Lounge
Steamy the Water Bear was one of the greatest champion of gay rights of the 20th century, and his efforts changed the cultural landscape of mossy puddles and patches of…
Iron Chompers
There aren’t many scenarios in which getting a good look at a bunch of Komodo dragon teeth ends well. The massive lizard’s mouth holds 60 serrated teeth, each up to…
Cave Fish Adolescence Means Sprouting Taste Buds in Weird Places
In eastern Mexico’s underground caverns and streams, a blind fish undergoes a peculiar adolescence: as it approaches maturity, taste buds begin to sprout under its chin and on top of…